Olds News

Ensuring the safety of the community at home was at the forefront of the Town of Olds' decision to send personnel and equipment to help firefighting efforts in Fort McMurray and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

The Town of Olds has written a letter to Seniors and Housing Minister Lori Sigurdson urging the province to reinstate the Grants in Place of Taxes for Social Housing program.

Olds & District Chamber of Commerce vice-president Ben Stone says he likes Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt's defence of the Alberta government's budget.

An Olds firefighter is in the final stages of training to run a full marathon (42.2 kilometres) in firefighter gear in Calgary on May 29. Noel D'arcy, 30, has been a firefighter for about a year.

The dual credit program at Olds College and Olds High School is a model that could be followed in the rest of the province, Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt says.

Council gave unanimous consent to three readings for a 1.5 per cent tax rate increase at its April 25 meeting. Assessment for the average residential property this year has also risen to $318,509.

Grade 10 students spent the day learning about the dangers of impaired driving at the annual PARTY (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-related Trauma in Youth) Safe Program on April 28 in Olds.

As it gears up for its third annual Capital One Race for Kids, the Boys and Girls Club of Olds and Area (BGCOA) already has twice as many teams registered this year as it did last year at this time.

“Adult entertainment” which could include strippers, should be allowed in the Texas Mickey bar, according to nearly 60 per cent of respondents to an Olds Albertan web poll.

Despite being airlifted by STARS to a Calgary hospital, a Sundre man died Friday night following a collision east of Sundre. Emergency responders received a report of the crash at about 11:40 p.m. on Friday, April 29.